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Category Archives: Race
Contamination From The Goyim
Joe emails: "KBY had to fire a number of their teachers after the Rabin assasination, but still seems to have an unfortunate racist bent. I was stunned to see this up, and on Hirhurim as well." From Rosh Hayeshiva Harav … Continue reading
Posted in Race, Torah
Tagged anan, carcass, divine presence, gemara, goyim, hashem, Hirhurim, imperfection, kby, kook, length of days, mordechai, natan, one hundred years, pure soul, rabin assasination, sanhedrin, source of life, tzara, yavneh
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Need A Doctor?
From LaGriffedulion: Medical school admission is uncommonly competitive, there being many more applicants than slots. The competition is so intense that if black applicants were held to the same admission standards as whites and Asians, we would turn out almost … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Race
Tagged academic credentials, admission standards, affirmative action, american medicine, american physicians, beth dawson, black physicians, board of medical examiners, gap, law school graduates, law students, medical competence, medical school admission, medical student, medical students, national board of medical examiners, nbme, performance gap, physician students, several ways
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When Is It OK For A Rabbi To Call A Lady A ‘Crack Whore’?
JewJew posts to the Jewish Journal forums: There is NO EXCUSE for calling women sluts, whores and crack whores for the exclusive reason if a rabbi finds them not to be Jewish women. I am so disgusted at his language … Continue reading
Hating Blacks
I was reading Mickey Kaus: [M]any Latino voters don’t want to vote for Obama, not because they know Hillary better or because they are grateful to President Clinton for rescuing Mexico during the "Tequila crisis" of 1994 (Dick Morris’ explanation) … Continue reading
Black America Feels the Sting of Ex-President’s Comments
From the Washington Post Jan. 25: For nearly two decades, Yvette Wider, an African American, adored Bill Clinton, once described by a famous black novelist as the nation’s first black president. But now, after Clinton’s "fairy tale" remark about Sen. … Continue reading
Was Bill Clinton Our First Black President?
In Monday night’s debate, Barak Obama answered: "I’d have to investigate more Bill’s dancing abilities…before I accurately judge whether he was a brother." Dennis Prager tackled this 25 minutes into the show linked: "I will explain why this got the … Continue reading
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Was 1964’s Civil Rights Act Torah?
Setting: Orthodox shul. The rabbi says that the biggest challenge to belief in the divinity of the Torah is not the Documentary Hypothesis (I doubt 50% of the audience knows what that is) but the conceit that the Torah only … Continue reading